AIR FORCE ONE -The United States is actively trying to resolve WNBA star Brittney Griner’s detention in Russia, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters on Tuesday, reiterating…
(Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken held a telephone conversation on Wednesday with the wife of WNBA star Brittney Griner, who has been detained in Russia since February,…
WASHINGTON – U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner, detained in Russia for months, was not able to speak to her wife as scheduled due to a logistical error compounded by Russia’s…
NEW YORK – National Basketball Association (NBA) Commissioner Adam Silver said getting WNBA player Brittney Griner home was the “number one priority,” after a Russian court extended her pre-trial detention…
PORTLAND, Ore.—A federal indictment was unsealed today charging a former WNBA player with assaulting an intimate dating partner on the Umatilla Indian Reservation. Shoni Iman Schimmel, 29, of Pendleton, Oregon,…
– U.S. basketball officials said on Saturday they were closely monitoring the situation surrounding seven-time WNBA All-Star player Brittney Griner after Russia said it had detained a U.S. player last…